Quotes about Wisdom

Life is not a fairy tale; it's a parade of events that help you accrue wisdom and courage and faith. You learn first that you can and, later, that you should.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.

Science," said the French philosopher Valéry, "is a collection of successful recipes.

The Chinese have a proverb pregnant with the age-old wisdom of the Orient: 'He who treads softly goes far.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

As Dr Johnson said, "God himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until the end of his days." Why should you and I?

President Lincoln was a master communicator, and humility was at the heart of all he said.

Seja mais sábio do que os outros se puder, mas não avise a ninguém.

It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes - and most fools do - but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

So the sun went behind a cloud, and the wind blew until it was almost a tornado, but the harder it blew, the tighter the old man clutched his coat to him. Finally, the wind calmed down and gave up, and then the sun came out from behind the clouds and smiled kindly on the old man. Presently, he mopped his brow and pulled off his coat. The sun then told the wind that gentleness and friendliness were always stronger than fury and force.